Persuader

The first episode of Reacher series three dashes out of the gate with a bang.

Reacher goes to a record store to sell vinyls no one wants to buy. He ends up saving nerdy Richard Beck from getting kidnapped. Reacher even ends up shooting a cop dead.

His father Zachary Beck (Anthony Michael Hall) is in the oriental rug business but he has enhanced security. This includes a hostile man mountain Paulie, who takes an immediate dislike to Reacher.

By now the viewers know Reacher has the knack for finding trouble. Here there is a lot more to the opening scenes.

The pace slackens a little for the exposition but this looks like to be an exciting instalment.

I have read and watched reacher since the first book. Tom cruise was bad as reacher, as he certainly hasn't got the height or build that is described in all of the books, Alan is just perfect, but Sonya Cassidy has the worst American accent that I have ever heard!! Sorry but this American accent is so bad. I nearly didn't watch it purely because of this. But..... love Reacher too much not to watch it! I think they could have chosen an American actress rather than her to do an awful job. I got over it but it still cringes me. Haven't really seen her in anything else , this review is solely based on her performance in Reacher.

If this is a preview of things to come this season will be a tough sell for me. No one is thinking about their lines and just spouting them out. Agreed they are badly written but be a pro and make them work. Susan Duffy is the worst. Struggles with her New England accent and doesn't even think about what she is saying. When she is on the screen I cringe. Even Alan Ritchson is wooden without some good actors to work off of. He's just walking though this one. I was excited about this new season finally happening but that is gone. I will watch it just because it's Reacher and there's nothing else to watch.

I don't know where she got her accent from but it's awful and distracting. She's also just a horrible actress, "I'm not just a pretty face" was a tough watch. Hopefully she doesn't last long in this season because the accent makes her borderline unwatchable. Every word she says is mangled and doesn't sound remotely like a New England accent. They need to get someone who can actually speak in a New England accent and her comment on Tom Brady being a traitor is completely inconsistent with the sentiment of the region. Don't get some British chick with no connection to New England to give potentially one of the worst accents I've ever heard. I rarely give reviews and didn't rate it that poorly because the rest of the episode is fine, but her performance is abhorrent and she must be stopped.

Just finished the first episode and it's definitely an improvement over season 2 but this new character " susan " is annoying and irritating.

It seems like the writers made her a girl-boss type character which she isn't in the novels And if they stick to that in the upcoming episodes then ouch.

I genuinely have nothing against the actress or the fact that she's a girl but these writers man.. they always fail to write a good female character.. always.

If u want a good example of how to write a good female character.. Kim Wexler.

Anyway so far this is a good start to the season and I'm excited for the next episodes.